English
hexameron
Hexameron comes from Ancient Greek ἑξαήμερον ‘six-day’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑξαήμερονhexaḗmeron‘six-day’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905hexameron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑξαήμερονhexaḗmeron‘six-day’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905hexameron
Earliest quotation: 1905, Alfred Biese: “He drew melancholy comparisons from Nature: men were compared…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἑξαήμερον
Today it means
noun The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἑξαήμερον / hexameron